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McCarty, Shane M.; Mullins, Taris G.; Geller, E. Scott; Shushok, Frank, Jr. – Journal of College and Character, 2013
A professor and a group of student leaders initiated the Actively Caring for People (AC4P) Movement to establish a more civil, compassionate, and inclusive culture by inspiring intentional acts of kindness. This article explores the AC4P Movement in a first-year residence hall at Virginia Tech and a second-year residence hall at University of…
Descriptors: Caring, College Students, College Faculty, Altruism
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Rong, Xue Lan – Teacher Education and Practice, 2012
The 1965 Immigration Act and its 1976 amendments paved the way for the fourth wave of immigration, the largest ever in U.S. history. From 1970 to 2010, about 35 million immigrants entered a postindustrial and service-oriented U.S. society. However, a new and striking trend of the fourth wave of immigration has swept rapidly beyond the coastal,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Human Geography, Population Growth, United States History
Foght, H. W. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
Until a few years ago the Southern States were considered in the main an agricultural section. More recently the advantageous location in respect to raw materials, minerals, water, and electric power of the South Atlantic States has occasioned an almost unprecedented growth in manufacturing industries. Particularly has the cotton manufacturing…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Child Labor, Labor Conditions, Finishing